Spokane’s Carmela Conroy discusses Blue wins in a Red county

Carmela Conroy, chair of the Spokane County Democratic Central Committee, headlined the program at our Central Committee’s December 12 meeting.

Carmela is a former Spokane County deputy prosecutor and a long-serving United States Foreign Service diplomat. She has been the chair of the Spokane Democrats since 2022 and has led the local party's resurgence. She is also a candidate for the WA 5 House seat.

Carmela discussed the November 7 election in which Lisa Brown was elected Mayor of the City of Spokane and Betsy Wilkerson was elected President of the Spokane City Council. As in Walla Walla, Spokane succeeded in electing progressives to important nonpartisan offices throughout the ballot.